Why don't you make today the day you find out how the war in Iraq is being paid for?

As with most topics here in the political section, I see a lot of uneducated opinions and misinformation as to how we're paying for this war. I will try to shed some light on this topic:








War funding for both Iraq and Afghanistan has come in the form of supplemental appropriations outside the normal federal budget process. Typically these "supplementals" are used to pay for unexpected emergencies such as Hurricane Katrina, and they receive much less scrutiny from Congress.





After four years the Iraq war is still being funded with supplementals. In December, congressional budget leaders from both parties sent a letter to President Bush asking him to start paying for Iraq through the traditional budget process. The administration has done that in its 2008 budget year request -- but not before asking for another $100 billion supplemental to keep the war going through the end of this year.








What that means is the funding for the war hasn't even STARTED to hit the budget yet.

Why don't you make today the day you find out how the war in Iraq is being paid for?
I was thinking along those same lines this morning. Our deficit increases are fairly close to the amount spent on the war. Those purchasing Treasury notes are helping to fund the war. The Chinese.
Reply:The same way Washington does everything. Pay a little down and "borrow" the rest, and hope be out of office when the economic buzzards finally come home to roost.
Reply:"I think it's hard to argue it's not affordable," said Steven M. Kosiak, director of budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a defense think tank in Washington, D.C.





Hogwash... if that is not expensive then why isn't that money being used for something better like education, healthcare or space travel? Why is it all right to spend 500 billion dollars on murdering 655 000 Iraqis? Imagine $500B, i think with that money the US could start a program to give hair to all bald people, puppies to all bored children and there'd be enough left over to give condoms to all the poor souls who think the only way to avoid AIDS is to wear a chastity belt.





Edit: Crushem, does Iraq deserve the US?


Maddog, do you know what a war of choice is? nobody forced the US to go into Iraq. in fact, as i remember it millions of people turned to the streets to prevent this catastrophe. The excuses that war kills innocents, or that war is unpredictable, really do not cut it. This is your responsibility. Everyday the US stays on Iraq is another day that WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Mark my words, the US will be remember as little better than Nazi Germany. It is time to get out and pay reparations. Or be accustomed to the label: Outlaw Nation.
Reply:Its obvious you're a liberal, everyone knows that once Bush took office money started falling from the sky and the war hasn't cost us a thing!!





Long live Bush and the Congress!
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Reply:Great, so Bush destroyed America. I feel really effing safe from terrorists now.
Reply:Sad to say, but our fellow Americans are pretty dumb. A recent survey found that half of college age Americans could not find New York state on a map, and only 37% could point at Iraq on a map.





What do you expect?





Our nation is made up of 10-15% of very smart people who control the remaining 85% at will. The herd will always follow.
Reply:and this is different than any other police action or war in America's history. No; what do you expect dude... war is pretty unexpected!

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